Lophocateridae

Lophocateridae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cleroidea, formerly included in the Trogossitidae.[1] Members of the group have a variety of ecologies, including as predators of other insects, as fungivores, or are phytophagous.[2]

Lophocateridae
Temporal range:
Grynocharis quadrilineata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Lophocateridae
Crowson, 1964
Genera

See text.

Genera[1]
  • Afrocyrona Kolibáč
  • Ancyrona Reitter, 1876
  • Antillipeltis Lawrence, Leschen & Slipinski, 2014
  • Colydiopeltis Slipinski
  • Eronyxa Reitter, 1876
  • Grynocharina Reitter
  • Grynocharis Thomson, 1859
  • Grynoma Sharp
  • Indopeltis Crowson, 1966
  • Leptonyxa Reitter
  • Lophocateres Olliff, 1883
  • Lycoptis Casey, 1890
  • Neaspis Pascoe
  • Parapeltis Slipinski
  • Peltonyxa Reitter
  • Promanus Sharp, 1877
  • Trichocateres Kolibác, 2010
  • †Sinosoronia Zhang 1992 Laiyang Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
  • †Mesolophocateres Yu, Leschen & Ślipiński 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
  • †Parayixianteres Yu, Leschen & Ślipiński 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References
  1. Gimmel, Matthew L.; Bocakova, Milada; Gunter, Nicole L.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (3 January 2019). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (3): 527–558. doi:10.1111/syen.12338.
  2. Kolibac, Jiri (2013-12-31). "Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys". ZooKeys. 366: 1–194. doi:10.3897/zookeys.366.6172. ISSN 1313-2970.


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